Cooperative Agreement F14AC01231

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $140,000 to the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida Inc. to support two key efforts: Develop a framework and protocol for predicting and quantifying the uncertainty in Florida panther vehicle mortalities, to support decision-making for transportation projects. This will build on previous statistical...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $149,954 cooperative agreement to Alachua Conservation Trust under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The award will support enhancement and restoration of available habitat for at-risk species in north Florida's Suwannee, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, and Columbia counties through September 2027. Key products and services include enhancement of 307 acres of sandhill habitat,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $4,850,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Partnership For Gulf Coast Land Conservation Inc. under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The project aims to implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy and assist communities in the Florida Panhandle at risk from catastrophic wildfires. Key activities include providing assistance to private landowners in Bay County for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,416,668 Project Grant to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Ocean Forest Estates Estuarine and Rockland Hammock Restoration Project. This 3-year project aims to restore 14.8 acres of coastal hammock and wetlands in the North Key Largo ecosystem, a highly diverse and unique area in Florida. The primary goals are to benefit fish and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $731,954 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to Panthera Corporation, a non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation and protection of endangered species. The grant supports a 3-year project to restore wildlife populations, particularly forest elephants, on the Batk Plateau in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Panthera is working in collaboration with Gabon's National Park Agency to secure critical...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $295,704.50 to the Alachua Conservation Trust to assist the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Florida with a sandhill groundcover planting project over two years. The project aims to improve habitat for listed species and aquifer recharge, as well as decrease the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the area....

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $300,537.92 Project Grant to the Little Traverse Conservancy Inc., a non-profit organization based in Michigan. The grant, funded through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will support the development of an ecological conditions assessment program to inform conservation management activities on over 30,000 acres of land owned and managed by the Little Traverse Conservancy and Southwest...

The Nature Conservancy received a $104,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service on September 1, 2022 to deliver the Central Florida Lygodium Strategy and Python Patrol project. The award was made under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), which aims to conserve wildlife through voluntary partnerships between the Service and private landowners or Native American Tribes. Through this funding, The Nature Conservancy will work...

Cooperative Agreement Summary: Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, awarded County of Escambia a $1,399,920 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) on July 1, 2025, for implementation through April 29, 2027. The project funds the design and construction of a large-scale living shoreline ecosystem restoration initiative across three sites within the lower Pensacola Bay system...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Coastal program (CFDA 15.630) provides $100,000 in funding from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. The purpose of the project is to establish a plan for conserving the federally and state threatened Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) as coastal habitats change. Key activities include surveying for Eastern Black Rails in identified high marsh areas...